(CRIME) A collection of bound pamphlets on the Ephraim Avery

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(CRIME.) A collection of bound pamphlets on the Ephraim Avery murder trial. 6 pamphlets in 2 volumes. 8vo and 12mo, non-matching 19th-century 1/4 calf, moderate wear; contents variously worn and foxed; bookplates of Rhode Island congressman William P. Sheffield's estate on front pastedowns. Vp, 1833-4

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One of Rhode Island's most controversial trials. Late in 1832, a Fall River factory girl named Sarah Cornell was found dead in a barn, victim of an apparent suicide by hanging. Then a note was found among her possessions: "If I should be missing, enquire of the Rev. Mr. Avery of Bristol, he will know where I am." Avery was widely considered to be guilty of murder, but was acquitted.
First volume: Harnden. Narrative of the Apprehension . . . of the Rev. E.K. Avery. Providence, 1833 [A Report of the Examination of Rev. Ephraim K. Avery.] Lacks title page and final leaf. [Providence, 1833] Report of the Trial of the Rev. Ephraim K. Avery. New York, 1833 A Report of the Trial of the Rev. Ephraim K. Avery. Boston, 1833 A Vindication of the Result of the Trial. Boston, 1834. Second volume: The Correct, Full, and Impartial Report of the Trial. Providence, [1833] An unrelated pamphlet, [Report of the Proceedings on the Petition of Mrs. Sarah M. Jarvis, for a Divorce from her Husband.] Lacks title page. [Hartford, 1839.] McDade 41, 43 (variant), 44, 46, 53, 36 (variant).